Mr. Kennedy’s core focus is on litigious, multi-jurisdictional fraud investigations and asset recovery. He has also served as a provisional, voluntary or official liquidator, receiver and director on engagements including consensual, soft wind-down solutions for solvent entities.

Recently, Mr. Kennedy acted as liquidator for funds invested in Madoff and Alphonse ‘Buddy’ Fletcher and worked on the liquidation of the New-York-based International Investment Group Ponzi scheme. These engagements involved highly contentious litigation, global asset tracing and liaising with the SEC, DoJ and regulators, stock exchanges and enforcement agencies worldwide and have led to significant recoveries for stakeholders.

Mr. Kennedy regularly acts as a director for entities in distress. He recently served as a director for operating companies and investment vehicles, including structured finance vehicles and entities domiciled outside of the Cayman Islands.

Mr. Kennedy also specialises in dispute resolution by way of litigation or internal investigation. He recently chaired a special committee for a NYSE listed entity.

Mr. Kennedy earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is a CIMA-registered Director, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ireland), and a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment in the UK. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA), INSOL International and its Cayman Islands chapter, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is recognised as an expert in the field of offshore restructuring by Who’s Who Legal.